Improvement in ancsors



ieUILFoR l G A j @@fuitml tntenutmt (IB DA NORTON, 0F BOSTON, 'MAssAcHUsETTsvAssIGNoR To Y PHILOMELA T. VINING, or N EW YoRKcrrY.

Leners Pawn: Np. 87,109, dazed Forum 23, 1869.

l uw MPROVEMENT IN ANCHORS.

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culiar construction of the hinged dukes, andthat po!.-.`

To all whom it moy concer-n: y

Be it known that L'Gvinronn lom'on, of Boston,

s in the county of Suffolk, :md Stute of Massachusetts, have invented :t new und improved Anchor; und I do hereby decla-re that the following is u full, clear, :tud

exact description of thc sume, reference being hud tu the ucconnmiying drawings, in wl1i ch Figure l is n. top view of the anchor.

Figure 2 is u side view of the anchor.'

In the said drawings- A represents the stock.

B B represent the flnkes.

C C represent the palms.

I) represents the shank. l

The first part of my invention consists in forming l' the stock of unA anchor with n hom hyicdding, toV

each end of the stor'ko' :in ordine-ry anchor, u piece of metal, which is bent forward, und fastened to the shank, near the ptr't where the fiukes are attached, as

'Shown in fig.,l. The chief` advantage of this errungement is that it prevents the cubic from fouling around the stock, as there are no ends for it to catch upon,

prevents chnfing against the vessel when thc'nnchor is suspended nt the bow, and affords u good hold' for a,

grappling-iron.

The second pn'rt of. my invention consists in the pepurpose specified.

tion of the shank izo-which they ai"eattaehed.whexfahy each duke has a. double bea-ring against the'shanlr, when n strain is brought upon the anchor. The'fnkes ere attached tothe shank by grooves in the uke,-and feathers .upon the shank, with pins passing l.through them, thebearings rand u being respectivelyngainst the feather and the main body ofthe shank, e'sshown by the drawings. B y thisnieansthe requisite strength is given to enable the linkes tohear the strain .to which theyvare subjected, allstrain-'being takenomthe pins. -The third part of :ny-invention consists in construct# ing the palms with perforatiops, a, one on each side of thejiukes, for the purpose of aording a. ready hold, when itis desired to fish the anchor.

Having thus-described my' invention, What I claim, is Y Not either of the devices singly, but the combinar tion, in an anchor, of' the hinged dukes B,A stock A,

and shank D, when constructed as shown, and for the GUILFORD NORTON. Witnesses: Gans, F. SLEEPER, J. E. Hummm: 

